4.1.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.22
एकनिष्पत्तेः सर्वे समं स्यात्
ekaniṣpatteḥ sarve samaṃ syāt
The line
Of ekaniṣpatta (एकनिष्पत्त), all, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ekaniṣpatteḥ (एकनिष्पत्तेः) + sarve (सर्वे) + samaṃ (समं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekaniṣpatteḥ (एकनिष्पत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | ekaniṣpatta (एकनिष्पत्त) |
| sarve (सर्वे) | nominative plural, masculine | all |
| samaṃ (समं) | accusative singular, masculine | an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ekaniṣpatteḥ (एकनिष्पत्तेः) is ekaniṣpatta (एकनिष्पत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular. sarve (सर्वे) is all. It stands as nominative plural, masculine.
samaṃ (समं) is an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ekaniṣpatteḥ (एकनिष्पत्तेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekaniṣpatteḥ (एकनिष्पत्तेः) and sarve (सर्वे).